Phase 1

src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ crate-type = ["staticlib", "cdylib", "rlib"]
 tauri-build = { version = "2", features = [] }
 
 [dependencies]
-tauri = { version = "2", features = ["tray-icon"] }
+tauri = { version = "2", features = ["tray-icon", "image-png"] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 thiserror = "1"
 async-trait = "0.1"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros", "sync", "time", "fs"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
-tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v4"] }
 
 # storage
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ rmcp = { version = "0.16", optional = true, features = ["server"] }  # MCP serve
 # audio / transcription / diarization / calendar are integrated per-phase and are
 # feature-gated so the CPU-only build always compiles (NFR-MNT-4).
 hound = { version = "3", optional = true }                 # WAV I/O (Phase 1)
+whisper-rs = { version = "0.16", optional = true }          # whisper.cpp bindings (Phase 1)
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 windows = { version = "0.58", features = [
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ wasapi = { version = "0.15", optional = true }             # Phase 1
 default = ["audio", "cpu-transcription"]
 # Phase 1
 audio = ["dep:wasapi", "dep:hound"]
-cpu-transcription = []          # enables whisper-rs CPU build (add dep when wired in Phase 1)
+cpu-transcription = ["dep:whisper-rs"]   # whisper-rs CPU build
 # Phase 3 acceleration (built on capable CI runners; never required)
 cuda = []                       # whisper.cpp CUDA
 vulkan = []                     # whisper.cpp Vulkan

src-tauri/capabilities/default.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "../gen/schemas/desktop-schema.json",
+  "identifier": "default",
+  "description": "Capability for the main window. App-defined commands (start_recording, etc.) are always invokable; this grants the core plugin permissions the frontend needs on top of that — window/event/app basics plus listening for recording://*, transcript://*, and the other Rust->UI events.",
+  "windows": ["main"],
+  "permissions": ["core:default"]
+}

src-tauri/gen/schemas/capabilities.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"default":{"identifier":"default","description":"Capability for the main window. App-defined commands (start_recording, etc.) are always invokable; this grants the core plugin permissions the frontend needs on top of that — window/event/app basics plus listening for recording://*, transcript://*, and the other Rust->UI events.","local":true,"windows":["main"],"permissions":["core:default"]}}

src-tauri/icons/README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 # Icons
 
-Placeholder. Add before first bundle:
-- `icon.ico` — app/installer icon (multi-resolution).
-- `tray.png` — system tray icon (referenced by `tauri.conf.json`).
-
-Generate the full icon set from a single source with `npm run tauri icon path/to/source.png`.
+Placeholder icon set (Phase 1) generated with `npm run tauri icon`. Replace `icon.ico`/`tray.png`
+(and re-run `npm run tauri icon path/to/source.png`) with real branding before shipping.

src-tauri/src/agent/mod.rs

@@ -32,13 +32,22 @@ pub struct RunOutcome {
 /// Spawns a local coding-agent CLI headless against a repo (claude -p / codex exec / opencode run / copilot).
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait AgentRunner: Send + Sync {
-    async fn run(&self, brief: &FeatureBrief, repo: &Path, out: LineSink) -> Result<RunOutcome, AgentError>;
+    async fn run(
+        &self,
+        brief: &FeatureBrief,
+        repo: &Path,
+        out: LineSink,
+    ) -> Result<RunOutcome, AgentError>;
 }
 
 /// Creates a work item from a brief (e.g. a GitHub issue, optionally assigned to Copilot's cloud agent).
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait IssueTracker: Send + Sync {
-    async fn create_issue(&self, brief: &FeatureBrief, assign_copilot: bool) -> Result<String /* url */, AgentError>;
+    async fn create_issue(
+        &self,
+        brief: &FeatureBrief,
+        assign_copilot: bool,
+    ) -> Result<String /* url */, AgentError>;
 }
 
 // Concrete impls (CliAgentRunner, GitHubIssueTracker) are added in Phase 10c behind a feature flag.

src-tauri/src/audio/mod.rs

@@ -1,13 +1,30 @@
 //! Audio capture service — WASAPI loopback (Phase 1, FR-CAP-1/2).
 //!
 //! Design notes (see docs/02-architecture.md):
-//! - WASAPI loopback CANNOT use event-callback mode, so capture POLLS on a
-//!   dedicated thread (research finding, docs/07).
-//! - Writes PCM to disk continuously (audio = source of truth) AND pushes frames
-//!   into a bounded ring buffer consumed by the transcription worker.
+//! - Loopback capture opens the default **render** device and initializes it for
+//!   `Direction::Capture` (see `initialize_client` below). The `wasapi` crate wires
+//!   `AUDCLNT_STREAMFLAGS_EVENTCALLBACK | AUDCLNT_STREAMFLAGS_LOOPBACK` together for
+//!   this combination and it works correctly on current Windows — the polling-only
+//!   claim in `docs/07-research-findings.md` was written before verifying against the
+//!   crate's actual source and doesn't hold for this dependency; the capture loop
+//!   below waits on the WASAPI event handle (with a short timeout so it can also
+//!   notice a stop/pause request) rather than busy-polling.
+//! - Writes PCM to disk continuously, in the device's native format, so `audio.wav`
+//!   is a byte-accurate capture (audio = source of truth). A downmixed/resampled
+//!   16kHz-mono copy is pushed into the bounded `FrameSink` for live transcription;
+//!   a full consumer drops preview frames (`try_send`) without blocking the disk
+//!   write or the capture thread.
 //! - Does no inference itself.
 
+use hound::{SampleFormat, WavSpec, WavWriter};
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::BufWriter;
 use std::path::Path;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+use std::sync::mpsc::SyncSender;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::thread::{self, JoinHandle};
+use wasapi::{Direction, SampleType, ShareMode, WaveFormat};
 
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
 pub enum AudioError {
@@ -20,10 +37,15 @@ pub enum AudioError {
 }
 
 /// Opaque handle to a running capture, returned by `start` and consumed by `stop`.
-pub struct CaptureHandle;
+pub struct CaptureHandle {
+    running: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+    paused: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+    thread: JoinHandle<Result<CaptureSummary, AudioError>>,
+}
 
-/// Where captured frames are delivered for live transcription.
-pub type FrameSink = std::sync::mpsc::Sender<Vec<f32>>;
+/// Where captured frames are delivered for live transcription: mono f32 @ 16kHz,
+/// bounded so a slow/absent consumer can never stall the capture thread.
+pub type FrameSink = SyncSender<Vec<f32>>;
 
 pub struct CaptureSummary {
     pub duration_ms: u64,
@@ -44,18 +66,358 @@ pub struct WasapiCapture;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "audio")]
 impl AudioCapture for WasapiCapture {
-    fn start(&self, _wav_path: &Path, _sink: FrameSink) -> Result<CaptureHandle, AudioError> {
-        // T1.2: open default render device in loopback mode, spawn polling thread,
-        // write WAV via `hound`, push frames to `sink`.
-        todo!("Phase 1 — WASAPI loopback capture")
+    fn start(&self, wav_path: &Path, sink: FrameSink) -> Result<CaptureHandle, AudioError> {
+        let running = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(true));
+        let paused = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+        let running_th = running.clone();
+        let paused_th = paused.clone();
+        let wav_path = wav_path.to_path_buf();
+
+        let thread = thread::Builder::new()
+            .name("wa-audio-capture".into())
+            .spawn(move || capture_loop(&wav_path, &sink, &running_th, &paused_th))
+            .map_err(|e| AudioError::Capture(format!("spawn failed: {e}")))?;
+
+        Ok(CaptureHandle {
+            running,
+            paused,
+            thread,
+        })
     }
-    fn pause(&self, _h: &CaptureHandle) -> Result<(), AudioError> {
-        todo!("Phase 1 — pause capture")
+
+    fn pause(&self, h: &CaptureHandle) -> Result<(), AudioError> {
+        h.paused.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
+        Ok(())
     }
-    fn resume(&self, _h: &CaptureHandle) -> Result<(), AudioError> {
-        todo!("Phase 1 — resume capture")
+
+    fn resume(&self, h: &CaptureHandle) -> Result<(), AudioError> {
+        h.paused.store(false, Ordering::SeqCst);
+        Ok(())
     }
-    fn stop(&self, _h: CaptureHandle) -> Result<CaptureSummary, AudioError> {
-        todo!("Phase 1 — stop capture, finalize WAV")
+
+    fn stop(&self, h: CaptureHandle) -> Result<CaptureSummary, AudioError> {
+        h.running.store(false, Ordering::SeqCst);
+        h.thread
+            .join()
+            .map_err(|_| AudioError::Capture("capture thread panicked".into()))?
+    }
+}
+
+/// Runs on a dedicated OS thread for the lifetime of a `CaptureHandle`. Owns the
+/// WASAPI client and the WAV writer; exits (and finalizes the WAV) once `running`
+/// is cleared.
+#[cfg(feature = "audio")]
+fn capture_loop(
+    wav_path: &Path,
+    sink: &FrameSink,
+    running: &AtomicBool,
+    paused: &AtomicBool,
+) -> Result<CaptureSummary, AudioError> {
+    wasapi::initialize_mta()
+        .ok()
+        .map_err(|e| AudioError::Device(format!("COM init failed: {e}")))?;
+
+    let device = wasapi::get_default_device(&Direction::Render)
+        .map_err(|e| AudioError::Device(format!("no default render device: {e}")))?;
+    let mut audio_client = device
+        .get_iaudioclient()
+        .map_err(|e| AudioError::Device(format!("activate IAudioClient failed: {e}")))?;
+    let format = audio_client
+        .get_mixformat()
+        .map_err(|e| AudioError::Device(format!("GetMixFormat failed: {e}")))?;
+    let (_default_period, min_period) = audio_client
+        .get_periods()
+        .map_err(|e| AudioError::Device(format!("GetDevicePeriod failed: {e}")))?;
+
+    // `convert = false`: we use the device's own mix format, so no on-the-fly
+    // resampling/conversion is needed for a byte-accurate capture.
+    audio_client
+        .initialize_client(
+            &format,
+            min_period,
+            &Direction::Capture,
+            &ShareMode::Shared,
+            false,
+        )
+        .map_err(|e| AudioError::Capture(format!("Initialize failed: {e}")))?;
+    let event_handle = audio_client
+        .set_get_eventhandle()
+        .map_err(|e| AudioError::Capture(format!("SetEventHandle failed: {e}")))?;
+    let capture_client = audio_client
+        .get_audiocaptureclient()
+        .map_err(|e| AudioError::Capture(format!("GetService(IAudioCaptureClient) failed: {e}")))?;
+
+    let spec = wav_spec_for(&format)?;
+    let mut writer = WavWriter::create(wav_path, spec).map_err(|e| {
+        AudioError::Capture(format!("could not create {}: {e}", wav_path.display()))
+    })?;
+
+    audio_client
+        .start_stream()
+        .map_err(|e| AudioError::Capture(format!("start_stream failed: {e}")))?;
+
+    let mut resampler = Resampler::new(format.get_samplespersec());
+    let mut queue: std::collections::VecDeque<u8> = std::collections::VecDeque::new();
+    let mut frames_written: u64 = 0;
+
+    while running.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+        // Short timeout so we periodically re-check `running` even with no data.
+        let _ = event_handle.wait_for_event(100);
+        capture_client
+            .read_from_device_to_deque(&mut queue)
+            .map_err(|e| AudioError::Capture(format!("GetBuffer failed: {e}")))?;
+        if queue.is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let bytes: Vec<u8> = queue.drain(..).collect();
+
+        // Must keep pulling WASAPI buffers even while paused (required to avoid
+        // overrun); only skip persisting/forwarding the audio.
+        if paused.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        frames_written += write_wav_bytes(&mut writer, &bytes, &format)?;
+        let mono = decode_mono_f32(&bytes, &format)?;
+        let resampled = resampler.process(&mono);
+        if !resampled.is_empty() {
+            let _ = sink.try_send(resampled); // drop on backpressure; disk write is unaffected
+        }
+    }
+
+    audio_client.stop_stream().ok();
+    writer
+        .finalize()
+        .map_err(|e| AudioError::Capture(format!("wav finalize failed: {e}")))?;
+
+    let sample_rate = format.get_samplespersec();
+    Ok(CaptureSummary {
+        duration_ms: (frames_written * 1000) / sample_rate.max(1) as u64,
+        sample_rate,
+        channels: format.get_nchannels(),
+    })
+}
+
+fn wav_spec_for(format: &WaveFormat) -> Result<WavSpec, AudioError> {
+    let sample_format = match format
+        .get_subformat()
+        .map_err(|e| AudioError::Device(format!("unrecognized mix format: {e}")))?
+    {
+        SampleType::Float => SampleFormat::Float,
+        SampleType::Int => SampleFormat::Int,
+    };
+    Ok(WavSpec {
+        channels: format.get_nchannels(),
+        sample_rate: format.get_samplespersec(),
+        bits_per_sample: format.get_bitspersample(),
+        sample_format,
+    })
+}
+
+/// Write raw WASAPI capture bytes to the WAV writer in their native format.
+/// Returns the number of frames written. Only the two mix formats WASAPI shared
+/// mode actually produces in practice (32-bit float, 16-bit PCM) are supported;
+/// anything else is a loud error rather than a silently corrupt recording.
+fn write_wav_bytes(
+    writer: &mut WavWriter<BufWriter<File>>,
+    bytes: &[u8],
+    format: &WaveFormat,
+) -> Result<u64, AudioError> {
+    let sample_type = format
+        .get_subformat()
+        .map_err(|e| AudioError::Device(format!("unrecognized mix format: {e}")))?;
+    let channels = format.get_nchannels() as u64;
+    match (sample_type, format.get_bitspersample()) {
+        (SampleType::Float, 32) => {
+            for chunk in bytes.chunks_exact(4) {
+                let v = f32::from_le_bytes(chunk.try_into().unwrap());
+                writer
+                    .write_sample(v)
+                    .map_err(|e| AudioError::Capture(format!("wav write: {e}")))?;
+            }
+            Ok(bytes.len() as u64 / 4 / channels.max(1))
+        }
+        (SampleType::Int, 16) => {
+            for chunk in bytes.chunks_exact(2) {
+                let v = i16::from_le_bytes(chunk.try_into().unwrap());
+                writer
+                    .write_sample(v)
+                    .map_err(|e| AudioError::Capture(format!("wav write: {e}")))?;
+            }
+            Ok(bytes.len() as u64 / 2 / channels.max(1))
+        }
+        (st, bits) => Err(AudioError::Device(format!(
+            "unsupported capture format: {st} {bits}-bit"
+        ))),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Downmix raw WASAPI capture bytes to mono `f32` in `[-1.0, 1.0]`, at the
+/// device's native sample rate (resampling to 16kHz happens separately).
+fn decode_mono_f32(bytes: &[u8], format: &WaveFormat) -> Result<Vec<f32>, AudioError> {
+    let sample_type = format
+        .get_subformat()
+        .map_err(|e| AudioError::Device(format!("unrecognized mix format: {e}")))?;
+    let channels = format.get_nchannels() as usize;
+    if channels == 0 {
+        return Ok(Vec::new());
+    }
+    let mut mono = Vec::new();
+    match (sample_type, format.get_bitspersample()) {
+        (SampleType::Float, 32) => {
+            for frame in bytes.chunks_exact(4 * channels) {
+                let sum: f32 = frame
+                    .chunks_exact(4)
+                    .map(|c| f32::from_le_bytes(c.try_into().unwrap()))
+                    .sum();
+                mono.push(sum / channels as f32);
+            }
+        }
+        (SampleType::Int, 16) => {
+            for frame in bytes.chunks_exact(2 * channels) {
+                let sum: f32 = frame
+                    .chunks_exact(2)
+                    .map(|c| i16::from_le_bytes(c.try_into().unwrap()) as f32 / i16::MAX as f32)
+                    .sum();
+                mono.push(sum / channels as f32);
+            }
+        }
+        (st, bits) => {
+            return Err(AudioError::Device(format!(
+                "unsupported capture format: {st} {bits}-bit"
+            )))
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(mono)
+}
+
+const TARGET_SAMPLE_RATE: u32 = 16_000;
+
+/// Streaming linear-interpolation resampler, mono f32 in -> mono f32 @ 16kHz out.
+/// Carries fractional position and unconsumed tail samples across calls so
+/// chunk boundaries don't introduce phase discontinuities.
+/// `// ponytail: linear resampler, ceiling is STT-grade quality; swap for a sinc
+/// resampler if transcription accuracy complaints trace back to aliasing.`
+struct Resampler {
+    src_rate: u32,
+    pos: f64,
+    carry: Vec<f32>,
+}
+
+impl Resampler {
+    fn new(src_rate: u32) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            src_rate,
+            pos: 0.0,
+            carry: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn process(&mut self, mono_in: &[f32]) -> Vec<f32> {
+        if mono_in.is_empty() {
+            return Vec::new();
+        }
+        if self.src_rate == TARGET_SAMPLE_RATE {
+            return mono_in.to_vec();
+        }
+
+        let mut buf = std::mem::take(&mut self.carry);
+        buf.extend_from_slice(mono_in);
+        if buf.len() < 2 {
+            self.carry = buf;
+            return Vec::new();
+        }
+
+        let ratio = self.src_rate as f64 / TARGET_SAMPLE_RATE as f64;
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        while (self.pos as usize) + 1 < buf.len() {
+            let i = self.pos as usize;
+            let frac = (self.pos - i as f64) as f32;
+            out.push(buf[i] * (1.0 - frac) + buf[i + 1] * frac);
+            self.pos += ratio;
+        }
+
+        let keep_from = (self.pos as usize).min(buf.len() - 1);
+        self.pos -= keep_from as f64;
+        self.carry = buf[keep_from..].to_vec();
+        out
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn wav_writer_roundtrip_produces_valid_header_and_duration() {
+        let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("wa-test-{}", uuid::Uuid::new_v4()));
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
+        let path = dir.join("audio.wav");
+
+        let spec = WavSpec {
+            channels: 2,
+            sample_rate: 48_000,
+            bits_per_sample: 32,
+            sample_format: SampleFormat::Float,
+        };
+        let mut writer = WavWriter::create(&path, spec).unwrap();
+        let samples: Vec<f32> = (0..2000).map(|i| (i as f32 / 2000.0) - 0.5).collect();
+        let bytes: Vec<u8> = samples.iter().flat_map(|s| s.to_le_bytes()).collect();
+
+        // format.get_subformat()/get_bitspersample() need a real WaveFormat; build one
+        // via WaveFormat::new instead of a live device for this pure unit test.
+        let format = WaveFormat::new(32, 32, &SampleType::Float, 48_000, 2, None);
+        write_wav_bytes(&mut writer, &bytes, &format).unwrap();
+        writer.finalize().unwrap();
+
+        let reader = hound::WavReader::open(&path).unwrap();
+        let read_spec = reader.spec();
+        assert_eq!(read_spec.channels, 2);
+        assert_eq!(read_spec.sample_rate, 48_000);
+        assert_eq!(read_spec.bits_per_sample, 32);
+        let frame_count = reader.duration();
+        assert_eq!(frame_count as usize, samples.len() / 2);
+
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn decode_mono_f32_downmixes_stereo() {
+        let format = WaveFormat::new(32, 32, &SampleType::Float, 48_000, 2, None);
+        // One frame: left=1.0, right=-1.0 -> mono average 0.0.
+        let mut bytes = Vec::new();
+        bytes.extend_from_slice(&1.0f32.to_le_bytes());
+        bytes.extend_from_slice(&(-1.0f32).to_le_bytes());
+        let mono = decode_mono_f32(&bytes, &format).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(mono, vec![0.0]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn resampler_exact_integer_ratio_picks_aligned_samples() {
+        // 48kHz -> 16kHz is an exact 3:1 ratio, so linear interpolation should land
+        // exactly on the original samples at indices 0, 3, 6, ...
+        let mut r = Resampler::new(48_000);
+        let input: Vec<f32> = (0..30).map(|i| i as f32).collect();
+        let out = r.process(&input);
+        let expected: Vec<f32> = (0..10).map(|i| (i * 3) as f32).collect();
+        assert_eq!(out, expected);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn resampler_continues_correctly_across_chunk_boundaries() {
+        let mut r = Resampler::new(48_000);
+        let first: Vec<f32> = (0..30).map(|i| i as f32).collect();
+        let second: Vec<f32> = (30..60).map(|i| i as f32).collect();
+        let mut out = r.process(&first);
+        out.extend(r.process(&second));
+        let expected: Vec<f32> = (0..20).map(|i| (i * 3) as f32).collect();
+        assert_eq!(out, expected);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn resampler_passthrough_when_already_target_rate() {
+        let mut r = Resampler::new(16_000);
+        let input = vec![0.1f32, 0.2, 0.3];
+        assert_eq!(r.process(&input), input);
     }
 }

src-tauri/src/commands.rs

@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@
 //! Contract: `docs/04-api-contracts.md`. Commands return promptly; long work
 //! is spawned and reported via events ("recording://*", "transcript://*", …).
 //!
-//! These are typed stubs. Each `todo!()` maps to a roadmap task and must be
-//! replaced with a real implementation that depends on the service traits.
+//! Recording/settings commands (Phase 1) are real implementations; everything
+//! else is still a typed `todo!()` stub mapped to its roadmap task.
 
+use crate::audio::{AudioCapture, WasapiCapture};
 use crate::error::WaResult;
 use crate::models::*;
+use crate::transcription::{run_streaming_worker, Transcriber, WhisperTranscriber};
+use crate::{error::WaError, AppState, RecordingSession};
 use serde::Deserialize;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use tauri::{AppHandle, Emitter, State};
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct StartRecordingArgs {
@@ -18,40 +23,273 @@ pub struct StartRecordingArgs {
     pub record: bool,
 }
 
+// ---- Phase 1 file-backed settings + storage paths ----
+// Full SQLite persistence is Phase 2 (`storage::Store`, still `todo!()`); Phase
+// 1 only needs `settings.json` (consent/default-retention, FR-REC-1/2) and the
+// `meetings/<id>/` folder layout from `docs/03-data-model.md`.
+
+fn local_appdata() -> PathBuf {
+    PathBuf::from(std::env::var("LOCALAPPDATA").unwrap_or_else(|_| ".".to_string()))
+}
+
+fn wa_root() -> PathBuf {
+    local_appdata().join("WhispAssist")
+}
+
+fn settings_path() -> PathBuf {
+    wa_root().join("settings.json")
+}
+
+fn meetings_dir() -> PathBuf {
+    wa_root().join("meetings")
+}
+
+fn whisper_model_path() -> PathBuf {
+    wa_root().join("models").join("ggml-base.en-q5_1.bin")
+}
+
+fn default_settings() -> Settings {
+    Settings {
+        theme: "system".into(),
+        storage_root: wa_root().display().to_string(),
+        llm_provider: "ollama".into(),
+        llm_endpoint: "http://localhost:11434".into(),
+        llm_model: "llama3".into(),
+        preferred_backend: "auto".into(),
+        low_overhead: false,
+        default_record: false,
+        consent_acknowledged: false,
+        sync_enabled: false,
+    }
+}
+
+fn load_settings() -> Settings {
+    std::fs::read_to_string(settings_path())
+        .ok()
+        .and_then(|s| serde_json::from_str(&s).ok())
+        .unwrap_or_else(default_settings)
+}
+
+fn save_settings(settings: &Settings) -> Result<(), WaError> {
+    let path = settings_path();
+    if let Some(parent) = path.parent() {
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(parent).map_err(|e| WaError::new("settings", e.to_string()))?;
+    }
+    let json = serde_json::to_string_pretty(settings)
+        .map_err(|e| WaError::new("settings", e.to_string()))?;
+    std::fs::write(path, json).map_err(|e| WaError::new("settings", e.to_string()))
+}
+
 // ---- Recording lifecycle (Phase 1) ----
 
 #[tauri::command]
-pub async fn start_recording(_args: StartRecordingArgs) -> WaResult<MeetingId> {
-    // T1.2/T1.3: create meeting row, start WASAPI capture, spawn transcription worker.
-    todo!("Phase 1 — start_recording")
+pub async fn start_recording(
+    app: AppHandle,
+    state: State<'_, AppState>,
+    args: StartRecordingArgs,
+) -> WaResult<MeetingId> {
+    let mut guard = state.session.lock().await;
+    if guard.is_some() {
+        return Err(WaError::new(
+            "recording",
+            "a meeting is already in progress",
+        ));
+    }
+
+    if args.record && !load_settings().consent_acknowledged {
+        return Err(WaError::new(
+            "consent",
+            "recording consent has not been acknowledged yet",
+        ));
+    }
+
+    let model_path = whisper_model_path();
+    if !model_path.exists() {
+        return Err(WaError::new(
+            "transcription",
+            format!(
+                "whisper model not found at {}; run `npm run download-models` first",
+                model_path.display()
+            ),
+        ));
+    }
+
+    let meeting_id = uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+    let meeting_dir = meetings_dir().join(&meeting_id);
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&meeting_dir).map_err(|e| WaError::new("storage", e.to_string()))?;
+    let wav_path = meeting_dir.join("audio.wav");
+
+    // Bounded so a slow/stalled transcription worker can never back up the capture thread.
+    let (frame_tx, frame_rx) = std::sync::mpsc::sync_channel::<Vec<f32>>(8);
+    let capture = WasapiCapture
+        .start(&wav_path, frame_tx)
+        .map_err(|e| WaError::new("audio", e.to_string()))?;
+
+    let app_for_worker = app.clone();
+    let meeting_id_for_worker = meeting_id.clone();
+    let transcription_worker = std::thread::Builder::new()
+        .name("wa-transcription".into())
+        .spawn(
+            move || match WhisperTranscriber::load(&model_path, BackendId::Cpu) {
+                Ok(transcriber) => run_streaming_worker(&transcriber, frame_rx, |segment| {
+                    let _ = app_for_worker.emit(
+                    "transcript://segment",
+                    serde_json::json!({ "meetingId": meeting_id_for_worker, "segment": segment }),
+                );
+                }),
+                Err(e) => tracing::error!("failed to load whisper model: {e}"),
+            },
+        )
+        .map_err(|e| WaError::new("transcription", e.to_string()))?;
+
+    *guard = Some(RecordingSession {
+        meeting_id: meeting_id.clone(),
+        capture,
+        retention: args.record,
+        wav_path,
+        started_at: std::time::Instant::now(),
+        transcription_worker,
+    });
+    drop(guard);
+
+    crate::update_tray_tooltip(&app, "WhispAssist — recording");
+    let _ = app.emit(
+        "recording://state",
+        serde_json::json!({ "meetingId": meeting_id, "state": "recording", "elapsedMs": 0 }),
+    );
+    Ok(meeting_id)
 }
 
 #[tauri::command]
-pub async fn stop_recording(_meeting_id: MeetingId) -> WaResult<()> {
-    // T1.3 + T4: finalize WAV, run diarization, persist, optional summary.
-    todo!("Phase 1 — stop_recording")
+pub async fn stop_recording(
+    app: AppHandle,
+    state: State<'_, AppState>,
+    meeting_id: MeetingId,
+) -> WaResult<()> {
+    let mut guard = state.session.lock().await;
+    let session = match guard.take() {
+        Some(s) if s.meeting_id == meeting_id => s,
+        Some(s) => {
+            *guard = Some(s);
+            return Err(WaError::new(
+                "recording",
+                "meeting_id does not match the active recording",
+            ));
+        }
+        None => {
+            return Err(WaError::new(
+                "recording",
+                "no meeting is currently recording",
+            ))
+        }
+    };
+    drop(guard);
+
+    let summary = WasapiCapture
+        .stop(session.capture)
+        .map_err(|e| WaError::new("audio", e.to_string()))?;
+    // The capture thread has dropped its `FrameSink`; the transcription worker's
+    // `recv()` now returns `Err` and the worker exits on its own — join to
+    // guarantee it has fully drained the audio before we act on retention.
+    let _ = session.transcription_worker.join();
+
+    let _ = app.emit(
+        "transcript://finalized",
+        serde_json::json!({ "meetingId": meeting_id, "segmentCount": serde_json::Value::Null }),
+    );
+
+    // ADR-0009: delete the working WAV only after the transcript worker has
+    // finished reading it, and only when retention is off.
+    if !session.retention {
+        let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&session.wav_path);
+    }
+
+    crate::update_tray_tooltip(&app, "WhispAssist — idle");
+    let _ = app.emit(
+        "recording://state",
+        serde_json::json!({ "meetingId": meeting_id, "state": "stopped", "elapsedMs": summary.duration_ms }),
+    );
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 #[tauri::command]
-pub async fn pause_recording(_meeting_id: MeetingId) -> WaResult<()> {
-    todo!("Phase 1 — pause_recording")
+pub async fn pause_recording(
+    app: AppHandle,
+    state: State<'_, AppState>,
+    meeting_id: MeetingId,
+) -> WaResult<()> {
+    let guard = state.session.lock().await;
+    let session = guard
+        .as_ref()
+        .filter(|s| s.meeting_id == meeting_id)
+        .ok_or_else(|| WaError::new("recording", "no matching active recording"))?;
+    WasapiCapture
+        .pause(&session.capture)
+        .map_err(|e| WaError::new("audio", e.to_string()))?;
+    drop(guard);
+    let _ = app.emit(
+        "recording://state",
+        serde_json::json!({ "meetingId": meeting_id, "state": "paused", "elapsedMs": 0 }),
+    );
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 #[tauri::command]
-pub async fn resume_recording(_meeting_id: MeetingId) -> WaResult<()> {
-    todo!("Phase 1 — resume_recording")
+pub async fn resume_recording(
+    app: AppHandle,
+    state: State<'_, AppState>,
+    meeting_id: MeetingId,
+) -> WaResult<()> {
+    let guard = state.session.lock().await;
+    let session = guard
+        .as_ref()
+        .filter(|s| s.meeting_id == meeting_id)
+        .ok_or_else(|| WaError::new("recording", "no matching active recording"))?;
+    WasapiCapture
+        .resume(&session.capture)
+        .map_err(|e| WaError::new("audio", e.to_string()))?;
+    drop(guard);
+    let _ = app.emit(
+        "recording://state",
+        serde_json::json!({ "meetingId": meeting_id, "state": "recording", "elapsedMs": 0 }),
+    );
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 /// Toggle audio retention mid-meeting (ADR-0009, FR-REC-1).
 #[tauri::command]
-pub async fn set_recording_retention(_meeting_id: MeetingId, _record: bool) -> WaResult<()> {
-    todo!("Phase 1 — set_recording_retention")
+pub async fn set_recording_retention(
+    app: AppHandle,
+    state: State<'_, AppState>,
+    meeting_id: MeetingId,
+    record: bool,
+) -> WaResult<()> {
+    if record && !load_settings().consent_acknowledged {
+        return Err(WaError::new(
+            "consent",
+            "recording consent has not been acknowledged yet",
+        ));
+    }
+    let mut guard = state.session.lock().await;
+    let session = guard
+        .as_mut()
+        .filter(|s| s.meeting_id == meeting_id)
+        .ok_or_else(|| WaError::new("recording", "no matching active recording"))?;
+    session.retention = record;
+    drop(guard);
+    let _ = app.emit(
+        "recording://retention",
+        serde_json::json!({ "meetingId": meeting_id, "record": record }),
+    );
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 /// Record the one-time recording-consent acknowledgment (FR-REC-2).
 #[tauri::command]
 pub async fn acknowledge_recording_consent() -> WaResult<()> {
-    todo!("Phase 1 — acknowledge_recording_consent")
+    let mut settings = load_settings();
+    settings.consent_acknowledged = true;
+    save_settings(&settings)
 }
 
 // ---- Hardware (Phase 3) ----
@@ -107,7 +345,10 @@ pub async fn set_llm_provider(_config: serde_json::Value) -> WaResult<()> {
 }
 
 #[tauri::command]
-pub async fn generate_summary(_meeting_id: MeetingId, _template_id: Option<String>) -> WaResult<()> {
+pub async fn generate_summary(
+    _meeting_id: MeetingId,
+    _template_id: Option<String>,
+) -> WaResult<()> {
     // Streams via "llm://token" / "llm://done".
     todo!("Phase 5 — generate_summary")
 }
@@ -179,13 +420,18 @@ pub async fn sync_status(_meeting_id: Option<MeetingId>) -> WaResult<Vec<SyncJob
 // ---- Feature briefs + MCP server (Phase 10b, ADR-0011) ----
 
 #[tauri::command]
-pub async fn create_feature_brief(_meeting_id: MeetingId, _target_repo: Option<String>) -> WaResult<FeatureBrief> {
+pub async fn create_feature_brief(
+    _meeting_id: MeetingId,
+    _target_repo: Option<String>,
+) -> WaResult<FeatureBrief> {
     // T10.6: distill transcript → structured brief via the configured LlmProvider.
     todo!("Phase 10b — create_feature_brief")
 }
 
 #[tauri::command]
-pub async fn list_feature_briefs(_meeting_id: Option<MeetingId>) -> WaResult<Vec<FeatureBriefInfo>> {
+pub async fn list_feature_briefs(
+    _meeting_id: Option<MeetingId>,
+) -> WaResult<Vec<FeatureBriefInfo>> {
     todo!("Phase 10b — list_feature_briefs")
 }
 
@@ -207,7 +453,11 @@ pub async fn mcp_status() -> WaResult<serde_json::Value> {
 
 /// Enable/disable the loopback MCP server; returns endpoint + token on enable (FR-MCP-1/6).
 #[tauri::command]
-pub async fn set_mcp_enabled(_enabled: bool, _transport: Option<String>, _port: Option<u16>) -> WaResult<serde_json::Value> {
+pub async fn set_mcp_enabled(
+    _enabled: bool,
+    _transport: Option<String>,
+    _port: Option<u16>,
+) -> WaResult<serde_json::Value> {
     todo!("Phase 10b — set_mcp_enabled (loopback only, token)")
 }
 
@@ -225,12 +475,20 @@ pub async fn mcp_access_log(_limit: Option<u32>) -> WaResult<Vec<McpAccessEntry>
 // ---- Agent push / task-tracker handoff (Phase 10c, later) ----
 
 #[tauri::command]
-pub async fn run_agent(_brief_id: String, _tool: String, _repo_path: String) -> WaResult<serde_json::Value> {
+pub async fn run_agent(
+    _brief_id: String,
+    _tool: String,
+    _repo_path: String,
+) -> WaResult<serde_json::Value> {
     todo!("Phase 10c — run_agent (claude|codex|opencode|copilot)")
 }
 
 #[tauri::command]
-pub async fn create_issue_from_brief(_brief_id: String, _tracker: String, _assign_copilot: Option<bool>) -> WaResult<serde_json::Value> {
+pub async fn create_issue_from_brief(
+    _brief_id: String,
+    _tracker: String,
+    _assign_copilot: Option<bool>,
+) -> WaResult<serde_json::Value> {
     todo!("Phase 10c — create_issue_from_brief")
 }
 
@@ -238,12 +496,22 @@ pub async fn create_issue_from_brief(_brief_id: String, _tracker: String, _assig
 
 #[tauri::command]
 pub async fn get_settings() -> WaResult<Settings> {
-    todo!("Phase 2 — get_settings")
+    Ok(load_settings())
 }
 
 #[tauri::command]
-pub async fn update_settings(_patch: serde_json::Value) -> WaResult<Settings> {
-    todo!("Phase 2 — update_settings")
+pub async fn update_settings(patch: serde_json::Value) -> WaResult<Settings> {
+    let mut current = serde_json::to_value(load_settings())
+        .map_err(|e| WaError::new("settings", e.to_string()))?;
+    if let (Some(base), Some(patch)) = (current.as_object_mut(), patch.as_object()) {
+        for (key, value) in patch {
+            base.insert(key.clone(), value.clone());
+        }
+    }
+    let merged: Settings =
+        serde_json::from_value(current).map_err(|e| WaError::new("settings", e.to_string()))?;
+    save_settings(&merged)?;
+    Ok(merged)
 }
 
 /// Reports current egress + LLM endpoint so the UI can prove local-only handling (FR-SEC-2).

src-tauri/src/error.rs

@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ pub struct WaError {
 
 impl WaError {
     pub fn new(kind: impl Into<String>, message: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
-        Self { kind: kind.into(), message: message.into() }
+        Self {
+            kind: kind.into(),
+            message: message.into(),
+        }
     }
 }
 

src-tauri/src/lib.rs

@@ -19,17 +19,20 @@ pub mod storage;
 pub mod sync;
 pub mod transcription;
 
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::thread::JoinHandle;
+use tauri::tray::TrayIcon;
+use tauri::Manager;
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 
 /// Shared application state handed to every Tauri command via `tauri::State`.
-/// Service handles are `Arc`-wrapped so they can be cloned into worker tasks.
+///
+/// Phase 1 only needs the in-flight recording session. `hardware`/`store`/
+/// `llm`/`sync`/`mcp` service handles join this struct once their concrete
+/// implementations exist (Phase 2/3/5/9/10) — wiring them in ahead of that
+/// isn't possible yet (several don't have a concrete impl to construct) and
+/// would just be unused plumbing until then.
 pub struct AppState {
-    pub hardware: Arc<dyn hardware::HardwareDetector>,
-    pub store: Arc<dyn storage::Store>,
-    pub llm: Arc<dyn llm::LlmProvider>,
-    pub sync: Arc<dyn sync::SyncManager>,
-    pub mcp: Arc<dyn mcp::McpServer>,
     /// The single in-flight recording, if any. Guarded so start/stop/pause are atomic.
     pub session: Mutex<Option<RecordingSession>>,
 }
@@ -37,16 +40,35 @@ pub struct AppState {
 /// Tracks the currently-recording meeting and its worker handles.
 pub struct RecordingSession {
     pub meeting_id: models::MeetingId,
-    // capture handle, transcription worker join handle, etc. — populated in Phase 1.
+    pub capture: audio::CaptureHandle,
+    /// Audio retention for this meeting (ADR-0009); toggle-able mid-meeting.
+    pub retention: bool,
+    pub wav_path: PathBuf,
+    pub started_at: std::time::Instant,
+    pub transcription_worker: JoinHandle<()>,
 }
 
+/// Wraps the tray icon so it can be looked up from commands to update its
+/// tooltip on recording state changes (FR-CAP-4).
+pub struct TrayHandle(pub TrayIcon);
+
 /// Build state, register commands/events, and run the app.
 pub fn run() {
     tracing_subscriber::fmt().with_env_filter("info").init();
 
-    // NOTE: concrete service implementations are constructed here once they exist.
-    // The skeleton wires the command surface; `todo!()`s mark per-phase tasks.
     tauri::Builder::default()
+        .manage(AppState {
+            session: Mutex::new(None),
+        })
+        .setup(|app| {
+            let icon = tauri::image::Image::from_bytes(include_bytes!("../icons/tray.png"))?;
+            let tray = tauri::tray::TrayIconBuilder::new()
+                .icon(icon)
+                .tooltip("WhispAssist — idle")
+                .build(app)?;
+            app.manage(TrayHandle(tray));
+            Ok(())
+        })
         .invoke_handler(tauri::generate_handler![
             commands::start_recording,
             commands::stop_recording,
@@ -91,3 +113,10 @@ pub fn run() {
         .run(tauri::generate_context!())
         .expect("error while running WhispAssist");
 }
+
+/// Used by `commands.rs` to keep the tray tooltip honest about capture state (FR-CAP-4).
+pub(crate) fn update_tray_tooltip(app: &tauri::AppHandle, text: &str) {
+    if let Some(tray) = app.try_state::<TrayHandle>() {
+        let _ = tray.0.set_tooltip(Some(text));
+    }
+}

src-tauri/src/mcp/mod.rs

@@ -76,7 +76,11 @@ pub trait McpServer: Send + Sync {
 /// Distills a transcript into an agent-ready spec (FR-MCP-4) using the configured LlmProvider.
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait FeatureBriefBuilder: Send + Sync {
-    async fn build(&self, meeting_id: &MeetingId, target_repo: Option<&str>) -> Result<FeatureBrief, BriefError>;
+    async fn build(
+        &self,
+        meeting_id: &MeetingId,
+        target_repo: Option<&str>,
+    ) -> Result<FeatureBrief, BriefError>;
 }
 
 /// Default rmcp-backed server (feature `mcp`).
@@ -97,10 +101,22 @@ impl McpServer for RmcpServer {
     fn tools(&self) -> Vec<McpToolDescriptor> {
         // T10.5: the tools an agent can call. Tools-first for Copilot compatibility.
         vec![
-            McpToolDescriptor { name: "list_recent_meetings", description: "Recent meetings (scoped)." },
-            McpToolDescriptor { name: "get_transcript", description: "Transcript for a meeting (scoped)." },
-            McpToolDescriptor { name: "get_action_items", description: "Action items for a meeting." },
-            McpToolDescriptor { name: "get_feature_brief", description: "Agent-ready spec distilled from a meeting." },
+            McpToolDescriptor {
+                name: "list_recent_meetings",
+                description: "Recent meetings (scoped).",
+            },
+            McpToolDescriptor {
+                name: "get_transcript",
+                description: "Transcript for a meeting (scoped).",
+            },
+            McpToolDescriptor {
+                name: "get_action_items",
+                description: "Action items for a meeting.",
+            },
+            McpToolDescriptor {
+                name: "get_feature_brief",
+                description: "Agent-ready spec distilled from a meeting.",
+            },
         ]
     }
 }

src-tauri/src/models.rs

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pub struct TranscriptSegment {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct SpeakerInfo {
-    pub label: String,             // "S1"
+    pub label: String, // "S1"
     pub display_name: Option<String>,
     pub participant_id: Option<String>,
 }
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ pub struct Participant {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Settings {
-    pub theme: String,         // system|light|dark
+    pub theme: String, // system|light|dark
     pub storage_root: String,
-    pub llm_provider: String,  // ollama|custom|off
+    pub llm_provider: String, // ollama|custom|off
     pub llm_endpoint: String,
     pub llm_model: String,
     pub preferred_backend: String, // auto|npu|nvidia|amd|intel|cpu

src-tauri/src/notes/mod.rs

@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ pub trait NotesRenderer: Send + Sync {
         summary_md: Option<&str>,
     ) -> String;
 
-    fn export(&self, markdown: &str, dest: &Path, fmt: ExportFormat) -> Result<PathBuf, NotesError>;
+    fn export(&self, markdown: &str, dest: &Path, fmt: ExportFormat)
+        -> Result<PathBuf, NotesError>;
 }
 
 pub struct MarkdownNotes;
@@ -48,7 +49,12 @@ impl NotesRenderer for MarkdownNotes {
         // T2.4: resolve speaker names, group dialogue, prepend summary section.
         todo!("Phase 2 — assemble Markdown")
     }
-    fn export(&self, _markdown: &str, _dest: &Path, _fmt: ExportFormat) -> Result<PathBuf, NotesError> {
+    fn export(
+        &self,
+        _markdown: &str,
+        _dest: &Path,
+        _fmt: ExportFormat,
+    ) -> Result<PathBuf, NotesError> {
         // T2.6 (.md/bundle); T8.4 (pdf/docx via local conversion).
         todo!("Phase 2/8 — export notes")
     }

src-tauri/src/storage/mod.rs

@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ pub struct Retention {
 pub trait Store: Send + Sync {
     async fn create_meeting(&self, m: NewMeeting) -> Result<MeetingId, StoreError>;
     async fn finalize_meeting(&self, id: &MeetingId) -> Result<(), StoreError>;
-    async fn list_meetings(&self, query: Option<String>) -> Result<Vec<MeetingListItem>, StoreError>;
+    async fn list_meetings(
+        &self,
+        query: Option<String>,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<MeetingListItem>, StoreError>;
     async fn delete_meeting(&self, id: &MeetingId) -> Result<(), StoreError>;
     async fn update_notes(&self, id: &MeetingId, markdown: &str) -> Result<(), StoreError>;
     /// Full-text search across transcripts + notes (Phase 8, FR-SEARCH-1).
@@ -53,7 +56,10 @@ impl Store for SqliteStore {
     async fn finalize_meeting(&self, _id: &MeetingId) -> Result<(), StoreError> {
         todo!("Phase 2 — persist transcript.json + metadata")
     }
-    async fn list_meetings(&self, _query: Option<String>) -> Result<Vec<MeetingListItem>, StoreError> {
+    async fn list_meetings(
+        &self,
+        _query: Option<String>,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<MeetingListItem>, StoreError> {
         todo!("Phase 2 — list meetings")
     }
     async fn delete_meeting(&self, _id: &MeetingId) -> Result<(), StoreError> {

src-tauri/src/sync/mod.rs

@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ pub trait SyncTarget: Send + Sync {
     /// True if a file with this hash already exists remotely (skip-if-unchanged).
     async fn exists(&self, remote_path: &str, sha256: &str) -> Result<bool, SyncError>;
     /// Upload a file; resumable/chunked for large artifacts.
-    async fn put(&self, local: &Path, remote_path: &str, prog: ProgressSink) -> Result<(), SyncError>;
+    async fn put(
+        &self,
+        local: &Path,
+        remote_path: &str,
+        prog: ProgressSink,
+    ) -> Result<(), SyncError>;
 }
 
 /// Owns the durable queue, retry/backoff, credential resolution, TLS enforcement,
@@ -49,7 +54,11 @@ pub trait SyncTarget: Send + Sync {
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait SyncManager: Send + Sync {
     /// Enqueue a meeting's selected artifacts for one or all enabled targets.
-    async fn enqueue_meeting(&self, meeting_id: &MeetingId, target_id: Option<&str>) -> Result<(), SyncError>;
+    async fn enqueue_meeting(
+        &self,
+        meeting_id: &MeetingId,
+        target_id: Option<&str>,
+    ) -> Result<(), SyncError>;
     /// Drive pending jobs (called on finalize, on startup, and on a low-frequency timer).
     async fn pump(&self) -> Result<(), SyncError>;
     async fn status(&self, meeting_id: Option<&MeetingId>) -> Result<Vec<SyncJobInfo>, SyncError>;
@@ -61,11 +70,11 @@ pub trait SyncManager: Send + Sync {
 /// WebDAV provider — primary targets + Synology (feature `sync`).
 #[cfg(feature = "sync")]
 pub struct WebDavTarget {
-    pub base_url: String,        // https://host/remote.php/dav/files/<user>/ , /seafdav , /dav , …
+    pub base_url: String, // https://host/remote.php/dav/files/<user>/ , /seafdav , /dav , …
     pub remote_base_path: String,
     pub username: String,
-    pub credential_ref: String,  // key into the OS credential store — resolved at use, not stored here
-    pub third_party: bool,       // false for self-hosted
+    pub credential_ref: String, // key into the OS credential store — resolved at use, not stored here
+    pub third_party: bool,      // false for self-hosted
     pub allow_plaintext_lan: bool,
 }
 
@@ -89,7 +98,12 @@ impl SyncTarget for WebDavTarget {
     async fn exists(&self, _remote_path: &str, _sha256: &str) -> Result<bool, SyncError> {
         todo!("Phase 9 — WebDAV exists / hash compare")
     }
-    async fn put(&self, _local: &Path, _remote_path: &str, _prog: ProgressSink) -> Result<(), SyncError> {
+    async fn put(
+        &self,
+        _local: &Path,
+        _remote_path: &str,
+        _prog: ProgressSink,
+    ) -> Result<(), SyncError> {
         // T9.2/T9.5: PUT (chunked for large files); stream progress.
         todo!("Phase 9 — WebDAV upload")
     }

src-tauri/src/transcription/mod.rs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 use crate::models::{BackendId, TranscriptSegment};
 use std::path::Path;
+use std::sync::mpsc::{Receiver, Sender};
 
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
 pub enum TrxError {
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ pub struct AudioWindow {
 }
 
 /// Where produced segments are delivered (interim then final).
-pub type SegmentSink = std::sync::mpsc::Sender<TranscriptSegment>;
+pub type SegmentSink = Sender<TranscriptSegment>;
 
 pub trait Transcriber: Send + Sync {
     fn load(model: &Path, backend: BackendId) -> Result<Self, TrxError>
@@ -36,22 +37,151 @@ pub trait Transcriber: Send + Sync {
 
 /// whisper.cpp-backed transcriber (CPU baseline; GPU via Cargo features).
 #[cfg(feature = "cpu-transcription")]
-pub struct WhisperTranscriber;
+pub struct WhisperTranscriber {
+    ctx: whisper_rs::WhisperContext,
+    next_id: std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64,
+}
 
 #[cfg(feature = "cpu-transcription")]
 impl Transcriber for WhisperTranscriber {
-    fn load(_model: &Path, _backend: BackendId) -> Result<Self, TrxError> {
-        // T1.5 / T3.3: init whisper-rs with the backend's acceleration features.
-        todo!("Phase 1 — load whisper model")
+    fn load(model: &Path, _backend: BackendId) -> Result<Self, TrxError> {
+        let ctx = whisper_rs::WhisperContext::new_with_params(
+            model,
+            whisper_rs::WhisperContextParameters::default(),
+        )
+        .map_err(|e| TrxError::Load(e.to_string()))?;
+        Ok(Self {
+            ctx,
+            next_id: std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64::new(0),
+        })
     }
-    fn transcribe_stream(&self, _audio: AudioWindow, _out: SegmentSink) -> Result<(), TrxError> {
-        todo!("Phase 1 — streaming transcription")
+
+    fn transcribe_stream(&self, audio: AudioWindow, out: SegmentSink) -> Result<(), TrxError> {
+        let mut state = self
+            .ctx
+            .create_state()
+            .map_err(|e| TrxError::Inference(e.to_string()))?;
+
+        // best_of: 1 — fastest greedy decode, matching the CPU/typical-laptop
+        // baseline (NFR-PERF-3); real-time windowed transcription favors low
+        // latency per window over the extra accuracy of a wider search.
+        let mut params =
+            whisper_rs::FullParams::new(whisper_rs::SamplingStrategy::Greedy { best_of: 1 });
+        params.set_n_threads(available_threads());
+        params.set_translate(false);
+        params.set_print_progress(false);
+        params.set_print_realtime(false);
+        params.set_print_timestamps(false);
+        params.set_suppress_blank(true);
+        // Each call already gets exactly one fixed-size window (not a full 30s
+        // clip); without this, whisper.cpp's segment-boundary heuristic hits
+        // "single timestamp ending" on short buffers and silently drops the
+        // whole window even when decoding succeeded (verified against real
+        // audio: text decoded correctly but zero segments came out until this
+        // was set — see whisper.cpp's own `stream` example, which sets this
+        // for the same reason).
+        params.set_single_segment(true);
+
+        state
+            .full(params, &audio.samples)
+            .map_err(|e| TrxError::Inference(e.to_string()))?;
+
+        for seg in state.as_iter() {
+            let text = seg.to_str_lossy().unwrap_or_default().trim().to_string();
+            if text.is_empty() {
+                continue;
+            }
+            // Whisper timestamps are centiseconds (10ms units).
+            let start_ms = audio.offset_ms + seg.start_timestamp().max(0) as u64 * 10;
+            let end_ms = audio.offset_ms + seg.end_timestamp().max(0) as u64 * 10;
+            let segment = TranscriptSegment {
+                id: self
+                    .next_id
+                    .fetch_add(1, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::SeqCst),
+                start_ms,
+                end_ms,
+                // Diarization lands in Phase 4; every segment is provisionally "S1" until then.
+                speaker: "S1".to_string(),
+                text,
+                confidence: Some((1.0 - seg.no_speech_probability()).clamp(0.0, 1.0)),
+                interim: false,
+            };
+            if out.send(segment).is_err() {
+                break; // receiver gone (meeting stopped) — nothing left to do
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
     }
+
     fn transcribe_file(&self, _wav: &Path) -> Result<Vec<TranscriptSegment>, TrxError> {
         todo!("Phase 3 — batch transcription")
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "cpu-transcription")]
+fn available_threads() -> std::ffi::c_int {
+    std::thread::available_parallelism()
+        .map(|n| n.get() as std::ffi::c_int)
+        .unwrap_or(4)
+}
+
 /// ONNX Runtime + DirectML transcriber for the NPU tier (Phase 3).
 #[cfg(feature = "directml")]
 pub struct OnnxNpuTranscriber;
+
+/// Streaming window worker (Phase 1, T1.5/T1.6): accumulates raw 16kHz-mono
+/// chunks from the `audio` service into fixed-size, **non-overlapping** windows
+/// and runs one `transcribe_stream` pass per window as it fills, forwarding
+/// each produced segment to `on_segment` (e.g. a Tauri event emit).
+///
+/// `transcribe_stream` takes a `SegmentSink` per the `Transcriber` trait (so a
+/// future async/threaded engine can push mid-inference), but whisper.cpp's
+/// `full()` call is synchronous — by the time a window's `transcribe_stream`
+/// call returns, every segment it produced is already sitting in a fresh
+/// per-window channel, so this drains it inline rather than needing a second
+/// long-lived thread just to bridge segments out.
+///
+/// True incremental/partial-word streaming (and window overlap for continuity)
+/// are out of scope for Phase 1: whisper.cpp transcribes each window from
+/// scratch, so an overlapping window would re-emit the overlapped words a
+/// second time with no stitching logic to merge them — a worse rough edge for
+/// a live transcript than the occasional word clipped at a window boundary.
+/// "Near real time" (FR-TRX-2) is met by short (~4s) windows; `interim` stays
+/// `false` for every segment produced here.
+#[cfg(feature = "cpu-transcription")]
+pub fn run_streaming_worker<T, F>(transcriber: &T, frame_rx: Receiver<Vec<f32>>, mut on_segment: F)
+where
+    T: Transcriber,
+    F: FnMut(TranscriptSegment),
+{
+    const SAMPLE_RATE: usize = 16_000;
+    const WINDOW_SECS: f32 = 4.0;
+    let window_len = (WINDOW_SECS * SAMPLE_RATE as f32) as usize;
+
+    let mut buf: Vec<f32> = Vec::new();
+    let mut offset_ms: u64 = 0;
+
+    let run_window = |transcriber: &T, samples: Vec<f32>, offset_ms: u64, on_segment: &mut F| {
+        let (tx, rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
+        let window = AudioWindow { samples, offset_ms };
+        if let Err(e) = transcriber.transcribe_stream(window, tx) {
+            tracing::warn!("transcription window failed: {e}");
+        }
+        while let Ok(segment) = rx.try_recv() {
+            on_segment(segment);
+        }
+    };
+
+    while let Ok(chunk) = frame_rx.recv() {
+        buf.extend_from_slice(&chunk);
+        while buf.len() >= window_len {
+            let samples: Vec<f32> = buf.drain(..window_len).collect();
+            run_window(transcriber, samples, offset_ms, &mut on_segment);
+            offset_ms += (window_len as u64 * 1000) / SAMPLE_RATE as u64;
+        }
+    }
+    // Final partial window on stop, if there's enough audio to be worth a pass.
+    if buf.len() > SAMPLE_RATE / 2 {
+        run_window(transcriber, buf, offset_ms, &mut on_segment);
+    }
+}